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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100156032643
ISBN-139780156032643
eBay Product ID (ePID)45584104
Product Key Features
Book TitleLife Mask
Number of Pages672 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicBiographical, Historical
Publication Year2005
GenreFiction
AuthorEmma Donoghue
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight19.2 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-003190
Dewey Edition22
Reviews'Fabulously entertaining... a full-bodied tale that satisfies the head and the heart' -- Kirkus Reviews A mesmerizing new novel, which at 650 pages is like one of those great 19th-century tomes that you're sad to see come to an end.... Donoghue...has alighted on another terrific story, and she pulls off a dazzling feat of choreography in setting it all in motion. As Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire would say, 'It was all simply ravish.' -- Washington Post Book World 'Donoghue... has an extraordinary talent for turning exhaustive research into plausible characters and narratives; she presents a vibrant world seething with repressed feeling and class tensions.' -- Publishers Weekly (starred review), PRAISE FOR EMMA DONOGHUE "[A] colorful romp of a novel . . . Impossible to resist. Donoghue paints a spirited picture . . . Fabulous." -The New York Times Book Review "What a great read this book is! Donoghue is a real writer, and she's elevated her racy story close to art." -The Washington Post Book World, PRAISE FORLIFE MASK "Mesmerizing. With the French Revolution raging in the background, Donoghue has lighted on another terrific story, and she pulls off a dazzling feat of choreography."--Julia Livshin,TheWashington Post Book World "Few will be able to put it down before its enthralling tales end."--Chicago Tribune, 'Donoghue... has an extraordinary talent for turning exhaustive research into plausible characters and narratives; she presents a vibrant world seething with repressed feeling and class tensions.', PRAISE FOR EMMA DONOGHUE "[A] colorful romp of a novel . . . Impossible to resist. Donoghue paints a spirited picture . . . Fabulous." - The New York Times Book Review "What a great read this book is! Donoghue is a real writer, and she's elevated her racy story close to art." - The Washington Post Book World, PRAISE FOR LIFE MASK "Mesmerizing. With the French Revolution raging in the background, Donoghue has lighted on another terrific story, and she pulls off a dazzling feat of choreography."--Julia Livshin, The Washington Post Book World "Few will be able to put it down before its enthralling tales end."-- Chicago Tribune, A mesmerizing new novel, which at 650 pages is like one of those great 19th-century tomes that you're sad to see come to an end.... Donoghue...has alighted on another terrific story, and she pulls off a dazzling feat of choreography in setting it all in motion. As Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire would say, 'It was all simply ravish.'
Dewey Decimal823/.914
Table Of ContentPrimary View Struts Life Mask Cire Perdue Multiple View Tool Marks Écorché Armature Relict Cast Author's Note Dramatis Personae
Synopsis'Donoghue... has an extraordinary talent for turning exhaustive research into plausible characters and narratives; she presents a vibrant world seething with repressed feeling and class tensions.' Publishers Weekly (starred review) The bestselling author of Slammerkin vividly brings to life the Beau Monde of late eighteenth-century England, turning the private drama of three celebrated Londoners into a robust, full-bodied portrait of a world on the brink of revolution. In a time of looming war, of glittering spectacle and financial disasters, the wealthy liberals of the Whig Party work to topple a tyrannical prime minister and a lunatic king. Marriages and friendships stretch or break; political liaisons prove as dangerous as erotic ones; and everyone wears a mask. Will Eliza Farren, England's leading comedic actress, gain entry to that elite circle that calls itself the World? Can Lord Derby, the inventor of the horse race that bears his name, endure public mockery of his long, unconsummated courtship of the actress? Will Anne Damer, a sculptor and rumored sapphist, be the cause of Eliza's fall from grace? This is a remarkable novel in the tradition of the very best historical fiction., The bestselling author of Slammerkin vividly brings to life the Beau Monde of late eighteenth-century England, turning the private drama of three celebrated Londoners into a robust, full-bodied portrait of a world on the brink of revolution. In a time of looming war, of glittering spectacle and financial disasters, the wealthy liberals of the Whig Party work to topple a tyrannical prime minister and a lunatic king. Marriages and friendships stretch or break; political liaisons prove as dangerous as erotic ones; and everyone wears a mask. Will Eliza Farren, England's leading comedic actress, gain entry to that elite circle that calls itself the World? Can Lord Derby, the inventor of the horse race that bears his name, endure public mockery of his long, unconsummated courtship of the actress? Will Anne Damer, a sculptor and rumored Sapphist, be the cause of Eliza's fall from grace? This is a remakable novel in the tradition of the very best historical fiction., The bestselling author of "Slammerkin" turns her attention to the Beau Monde of late 18th-century England, transforming the private drama of three celebrated Londoners into a robust, full-bodied portrait of a world and lives on the brink of revolution.
